Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, but I will instruct you in the good and right way. I Samuel 12:23

Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.

Victor Hugo

If art does not enlarge men's sympathies, it does nothing morally.

George Eliot

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Freedom is more than just a patriotic concept; it is the purest intent of our design. Be you. Be free. Be nice.

Steve Maraboli

Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.

R. Turnbull

Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.

W. Somerset Maugham

Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.

Sandra Day O'Connor

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.

Dalai Lama

Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones.

Melanie Laurent

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

Thomas Merton

Things somehow seem more real and vivid when one can apply somebody else's ready-made phrase about them (...) you bring them out triumphantly, and feel you've clinched the argument with the mere magical sound of them. That's what comes of the higher education.

Aldous Huxley

The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s.

Maureen O'Hara